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    Jeyl: "who didn't like J.J. Abrams' breezy reinvention of the 1960s space adventure show" Me. more »
    NigelGallows: If you liked TROTF you might like shiney things like these jingly jangly keys. more »
    J_Frank_Parnell: Awesome post, more like this pretty please! more »
    Supernatural_Canary: God I hated Wanted. For many reasons, though the notion mentioned above about becoming a (nihilistic) ubermensch and subsequently treating everyone e... more »
    bipolarber003: If you think you'll like Avatar... you'll like "My Name is Joe" by Pohl Anderson... the novella the movie is ripped off from. more »
    Dirk Anger: I watched Knowing maybe two months ago, and I must have blocked it to protect my memory of that crapfest, because I don't remember absolutely anything... more »
    antimatty: if you liked wolverine...... then maybe you should go read a coloring book . #bookvortex more »
    MrBuffalo: thank you for the addition of good omens. great book. #bookvortex more »
    crashedpc - Haifisch: Last week I ordered a boatload of the older Culture novels by Iain M. Banks. I suspect I might need someone to tow me to work as I might forget what "... more »
    Servercat: Bolo's Hammer's Slammers Hellbore ftw :) #bookvortex more »
    engtech: For the last recommendation, the title of the book is missing. It's Consider Phlebas by Iain M Banks #bookvortex more »
    Dr Emilio Lizardo: Now we have a problem. David Drake is one of my guilty pleasures, especially Hammer's Slammers. But to insult me by lumping that in with Transformer... more »
    lorq: Why didn't anarcho-syndicaslists like Abrams' "Star Trek"? I'm pretty much an anarcho-syndicalist and I liked it. (Unless you're just doing a little... more »
    fraying: This article made me buy a book. Damn you, Charlie Jane! (By which, I mean, thank you, Charlie Jane.) #bookvortex more »
    Oz Mendoza: "...You'll love Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett" Personally, I didn't love it. Just didn't bring the funny, not for me anyway. And I'm ... more »
    Belabras: Like anyone needs an excuse to read Good Omens. If you haven't read it yet, read it. Period. more »
    Fanboy185: I sure love it when you guys do this. I still owe you for fledgling by Octavia Butler. #bookvortex more »
    omgwtflolbbqbye: If you liked 2012, Transformers 2, Knowing, and/or Wolverine, you'll enjoy taking a bath with a toaster oven. more »
    dogcow: You'd have to slog thru Children of Dune and the rest of the tedious sequels to get the story of Leto Atreides II. #bookvortex more »
    Franknbeans: I am impressed on how spot on some of these recommendations are. I like Star Trek and Ringworld, I like Wolverine and Santa Olivia, I watched Handcoc... more »
  • #booklists

    If You Like These Recent Movies, Here Are Books You'll Love

    Movies may thrill us with their huge ideas and set pieces, but you always know that anything a movie did, a novel did it first... and better. If you liked these dozen recent movies, here are some books you'll love. More »
  • #fantasynoir

    The New Noir Fantasy Shows Magical Cities In Decay

    A noir light is shining over fantasy — many of the best fantasy books on the shelves right now feature bloody-minded, morally gray protagonists battling their way through rotten cities and bleak landscapes. Here's why noir is truest urban fantasy. More »
  • #bookreview

    L.A. Is A Magical Cesspit, And Sandman Slim Is Its New Champion

    Richard Kadrey was at the vanguard of the noir-tinged cyberpunk back in the day, so it's only fitting he's helping to shape noir's next frontier, urban fantasy. His novel Sandman Slim brings Hellspawn and trash magic to L.A. Spoilers below... More »
  • #sdcc

    Who Won Comic Con's Buzz Wars? Our 10 Picks

    The entertainment industry descended on San Diego like an alien mothership, hoping to refuel with precious buzz. But there were some movies and entertainers that people talked about more than others. Here are 10 winners of Comic Con's buzz wars. More »
  • #scifiart

    Cthulhu In Love: The Fetish Art Of Richard Kadrey [NSFW]

    We've been huge fans of Richard Kadrey's writing ever since we read his seminal cyberpunk novel Metrophage, and we've been lucky enough to hear him read several times from his stories of the bizarre sex lives of mutant assassins. So we were thrilled when we found out he also creates gorgeous, disturbing fetish art under the name Kaos Beauty Klinik. His breathtaking work — including women with actual tentacles and gorgeous women who are masked and mysterious — reminds us of the freakish beauty of Joel Peter Witkin's art. Click through for a (NSFW) gallery. More »